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Nuclear Security: Improvements Needed in DOE's Safeguards and Security Oversight

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 24, 2000
Report No. RCED-00-62
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Summary:

The Department of Energy (DOE), which is in charge of the nation's nuclear weapons program, owns several facilities that carry out classified weapons research and related activities. This report evaluates DOE's safeguards and security oversight at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. GAO discusses (1) the monitoring and tracking of findings resulting from DOE's oversight activities; (2) the correction, validation, and closing of findings resulting from such activities; and (3) the consistency of various DOE assessments of the laboratories' safeguards and security programs.

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